We have reviewed 22 patients with benign asbestos pleural effusion seen over a 17-year period. The mean duration of exposure to asbestos was 5.5 years and the mean interval between exposure and ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

Mike Brown and Shelly Markle met at church in 1980, fell in love and had a child, but never married until last week, on ...

John Ryan, a U.S. Navy veteran, beat cancer through nearly a decade of experimental immunotherapy treatment. The vet shared ...

For specialist thoracic surgeon Dr Jazmin Eckhaus robots are now a key tool that help her perform complex surgeries with ...

A Health and Disability Commissioner report has revealed a doctor breached three codes after a botched surgery resulted in a man being left with one lung. In September 2020 the patient, a male in his ...

One of those is John Ryan of Aldie, Virginia – a U.S. Navy veteran who was diagnosed with lung cancer after serving ... weight loss and pleural effusion. Upon seeking a second opinion, Ryan ...

Lung cancer survival rates can be as high as 98% for certain cancers diagnosed in an early stage, and as low as 4% for those diagnosed with more aggressive cancers in advanced stages. Survival rates ...

A prisoner was left with a punctured lung when inmates armed with weapons clashed on a jail wing. Robert Smith and Abdul Malik clashed with a fellow inmate after accusing him of "yapping" about ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life ...